Table 1.

Regulation of TCM and its bioactive compounds on lipid metabolism

Bioactive compounds	Chinese herbs	Cancer cells	Potential mechanisms	Ref.
GL22	Ganoderma leucocontextum	Liver cancer cells	Decreasing the expression of FABPs	84
/	GT	Prostate cancer cells	Inhibiting the expression of SREBP-1	85
Oridonin	Rabdosia rubescen	Colorectal cancer cells	Inhibiting the expression of SREBP-1	86
/	Zhiheshouwu	HCC cells	Inhibiting SREBP-1 and its downstream factor SCD1	87
/	Quercetin	HCC cells	Inhibiting FASN activity and downregulating FASN expression	88
Osthole	Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cusson	Breast cancer cells	Inhibiting FASN expression	89
DMC	Rhizomes of turmeric	TNBC cells	Inhibiting FASN expression	90
Emodin	/	HCC cells	Regulating the transcriptional activity of SREBP-2	91
Protopanaxadiol	Ginseng	Colorectal cancer cells	Inhibiting the expression of FASN and ACAT-2	92
BME	Bitter melon	TNBC cells	Inhibiting ACAT-1 expression	93
MAP30	Bitter melon	Ovarian cancer cells	Reducing GLUT-1/3 expression	94
acRoots extract	acRoots	HCC cells	Reducing LDL uptake and intracellular cholesterol levels	95